Koninklijke Sport Vereniging Roeselare, abbreviated to KSV Roeselare (),''V.'' in isolation: ., also known in French as KSV Roulers, was a

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football club from the city of

Roeselare Roeselare (; french: Roulers, ; West Flemish: ''Roeseloare'') is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Roeselare proper and the towns of Beveren, Oekene and Rumbeke. Th ...

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. Its

matricule Association football is the most popular sport in Belgium, which has been played since the end of the 19th century. The national association was founded in 1895 with the intention of bringing some order and organization to the sport. The firs ...

was 134. It last played at the highest level of Belgian football from 2005–06 until 2009–10, but finally folded in 2020 after having relegated to the third level and going bankrupt.

History

The first club of the city was founded in

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

by some students and named De Verenigde Vrienden (

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for The United Friends) but that name changed early to Red Star Roeselare. In

1902 Events January * January 1 ** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world' ...

, the club is known as Union Sportive Roulers (in French) but it will retire from the football association for financial problems in

1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * Jan ...

. The next year, two new clubs are founded – Sportvereniging Roeselare (the Catholics) and F.C. Roeselare (the non-Catholics) – but not for long as the former club activity stopped in

1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...

due to

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. The birth of S.K. Roeselare arose seven years later. it received the matricule n° 134. F.C. Roeselare with the matricule n° 286. However, this matricule does not exist anymore as K.S.K. Roeselare and K.F.C. Roeselare merged in 1999 to form K.S.V. and kept the n° 134. The first time a team from Roeselare achieved promotion to the first division was in 2005 when K.S.V. won the second division playoff.

Honours

* Belgian Second Division: **Runners-up (1): 2004–05 * Belgian Second Division Final Round: **Winners (1): 2005 * * Belgian First Division B ** Runners-up (1): 2016–17

European record

:''As of December, 2008.'' ''Uefa Cup 2006 – 2007'' *''1st qualifier:'' ** FK Vardar Skopje – KSV Roeselare 1 – 2 **KSV Roeselare – FK Vardar Skopje 5 – 1 *''2nd qualifier:'' **KSV Roeselare – FC Ethnikos Achnas 2 – 1 ** FC Ethnikos Achnas – KSV Roeselare 5 – 0

Former players

* Izzet Akgül * Vadim Dotsenko * Tom Holmes

References

External links

Official Website

Roeselare at Weltfussball.de

Roeselare at National Football Teams.com

Roeselare at Football-Lineups.com
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